Outline

Giovanny Thompson

Professor Kelly

English 120 12:40-2:00

13 November 2012

Outline:

Gas Prices and the Economy

Topic: Gas prices

Research Question: Why are prices so high? Can government do anything about it? And how can we lower prices?

Audience Analysis: I’m writing voters and car owners

Thesis Statement: Most of the blame should be placed on Corporations who want more and more of your money, and natural disasters like hurricanes and fires that can disrupt the production of oil that can cause price gauging by oil companies. When it comes to our Government, voters should not believe everything Politicians say, because they are known for making false promises of cheaper gas, while undermining the current Government’s policies when it comes to economic problems like gas prices.

Blame should be placed on Corporations who want more and more of your money

1.       Details Oil companies want higher prices because that means a larger profit. With oil companies continuing to profit receiving tax cuts and subsidies from our own government to try and help lower the price, the price will never come down. Other factors affect the price, but these points are the core of the issue.

2.       Prices today in California are well above 4$ a gallon and even above 5$ a gallon in some areas, the price of gas is a problem all over the country, and the price is never stable

3.       We as voters should do more research into politics when it comes to our government and oil companies. We should support candidates who can go into office and change the way we do business with filthy rich corporations

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I.                    Natural disasters like hurricanes and fires that can disrupt the production of oil that can cause price gauging by oil companies.

A.      Details: Many different variables can affect the price of gas like the burning of a refinery in southern California.

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2.        Due to a fire in a oil refinery in southern California prices spiked all over the state.

3.       Hurricane sandy in New York causes prices to go down. Why?

 

II.                Voters should not believe everything Politicians say, because they are known for making false promises of cheaper gas, while undermining the current Government’s policies when it comes to economic problems like gas prices.

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1.       Details: Newt gingrich and Michelle Bachman campaign promises

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3.       Using the government to help the free market can be good or bad but the truth is that we don’t know how much or how little it does help.

 

Conclusion: Oil companies and politicians who work with lobbyist are not in the voter’s best interest. We have to stand up to government and make a statement to not support subsidies and tax breaks to already billionaire companies. Oil companies have shown they will take advantage of any opportunity like a natural disaster or lure a politician all for the cause of making more money. They need to focus on lowering the price of gas while government needs to come up with plans to curve our addiction to oil. Voters should blame oil companies for higher gas prices not government. Government does not want to become richer because the government is in place to serve, protect, and allow us to live happy lives the way we want. Energy is a necessity in living here on our planet and when we are constantly being taken advantage of or ignored we often do not know who’s to blame but our government.  It is up to oil companies to come clean and for us to stop feeding the greedy if we want the price of gas to lower. Even at the end of the day prices will probably go up three cents while I write this paper then drop two cents tomorrow